Ice cream for bedtime snack

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slmommy2 wrote:

For those eating ice cream to help their fasting numbers, have you tested to see if it stays in range? I tried the special low sugar high protein halo top ice cream brand and a week ago it tested 101 and tonight I tested again and got 146! I feel so bad I've been eating it all week thinking it was helping :(. How do others make ice cream work? How often do you test a late night snack?

I don't test after snacks. I'm allowed 30 g carbs for evening snack because I'm taking it with insulin. I have a cup of full fat, regular butter pecan and get good fasting numbers. I have been curious about 1 hour post snack numbers, but I'm always in bed at that point.

I'm surprised your Dr. makes you test after a bed time snack as they usually want you to go to sleep quickly after eating it. I haven't done ice cream but what does work very well is the frozen Greek yogurt bars YAsso is the brand and they taste just like ice cream In my opinion.

My doctor doesn't make me test. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't eating something that made my blood sugar high. I love the yasso bars but got sick of them lol! Halo top ice cream is delicious. I think the problem is probably I ate more than the half cup serving size.

It "works" because when your blood sugar spikes from the ice cream your baby over produces insulin to off set the spike in yours during the middle of the night so your numbers are better in the morning because your baby helped. The whole point of the diet is to keep the baby from over producing insulin.